Latest News Updates From Connor D. Wolf

Connor D. Wolf

Connor D. Wolf

Staff Reporter

Connor Wolf is a business reporter at Transport Topics.


Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

McKinsey Looks Toward Tech-Driven Future for Trucking

LAS VEGAS — McKinsey & Co. shared its expectations of a more technological, integrated and cleaner truck market during CES 2025.

January 15, 2025
Business, Equipment, Breaking News

Class 8 Truck Sales Decrease 4.3% in December

U.S. Class 8 retail sales closed out 2024 by trending below year-ago levels, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

January 14, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment

Yazaki Takes Aim at Truck Wiring With New Busbar Tech

LAS VEGAS — Yazaki Innovations unveiled a new line of busbars for trucks, as well as other types of vehicles and industrial applications, during CES 2025.

January 9, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment

Clarios Secures First OEM Deal for Supercapacitor Offering

LAS VEGAS — Battery technology company Clarios secured its first contract with an automotive manufacturer to supply its supercapacitors, the company announced Jan. 5.

January 7, 2025
Business, Technology, Safety

Bosch Unveils Plans to Expand Wrong-Way Driving Warning

LAS VEGAS — Multinational technology company Bosch on Jan. 6 revealed plans to expand its cloud-based wrong-way driver alert system by partnering with SiriusXM.

January 6, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics

New IANA CEO Anne Reinke Aims to Lift Intermodal

New Intermodal Association of North America CEO Anne Reinke wants to elevate the industry’s profile and Capitol Hill presence. But before she makes any moves, she’s going to learn the ropes.

January 2, 2025
Business, Logistics

Trucking Slowly Climbs Toward the Up Cycle in 2025

The trucking industry is expected to slowly improve next year even as market headwinds and uncertainty leave many unknowns heading into 2025.

December 23, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

FedEx Freight Spinoff Draws Positive Analyst Reactions

Wall Street analysts offered overall positive initial reactions to the Dec. 19 news that FedEx Corp. plans to by 2026 spin off its LTL division into a separate, publicly traded company.

December 23, 2024
Business, Logistics

US Ports Post More Year-Over-Year Increases for November

The Port of Long Beach achieved its busiest November ever by increasing to 884,154 containers from 731,033 last year. This surpasses the previous record for the month set in November 2020.

December 23, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

FedEx Details Planned Changes During Q2 2025 Earnings

The Memphis, Tenn.-based transportation services company on Dec. 19 reported net income of $740 million, or $3.03 a diluted share, for the three months ending Nov. 30.

December 19, 2024